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" I was proud of my Soviet country, of wearing Young Pioneer uniform, bombarded by my mother's Communist propaganda. "

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" There are a lot of people who are trying hard to sell themselves as Russian vodkas. "

" Wherever I am, I start my day, it's the same. I'm not an early bird. I'm not waking up at five o'clock, six o'clock; it's usually seven-thirty, eight o'clock, and I will then read the newspapers, emails from around the world and make phone calls. "

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" I believe there is not any big difference between any consumer business, whether it's a bank or insurance or vodka or chocolate, whatever it is. "

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" Lots of businesses built in the early 1990s were not very transparent, not only by Russians, but also by foreigners. "

" I started like many young Russian people in the beginning of perestroika when it seemed that everything was possible. "

" Considering that Americans are now moving away from whiskey, moving away from brown spirits in general, I believe that they will all join Russians who drink vodka straight. They will sip it like cognac. "

" I don't believe in public companies... I would prefer to risk my own money, make any necessary changes fast and grow as quickly as possible. "

" We buy the most expensive grain available growing on the best part of Russian land called black soil. We also play close attention to the purity of the water - we get it from Lake Ladoga. We store it ourselves to specific conditions. We carefully manage distillation at my distillery in Moscow. "

" My biggest entertainment in Moscow was to go to the subway and watch people. When American students visited, I watched them; I learned English from them. "

" I had English grammar book and started to teach myself. I read 'Catcher in Rye,' in Russian. I was amazed at freedom in 'Catcher in Rye!' Freedom to have those perceptions of life! "

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